Interesting stat. Razzak averages 15.33 with the ball in Bangladesh wins in ODIs, taking 120 wickets. What's more him alongside Mashrafe, Shafiul and Rubel from the current crop have better bowling averages in wins, then Shakib al Hasan.

Getting reported the 2nd time has actually forced him to become a more effective SPINner! I seem to recall pointing out that he had gotten more side-on and was getting more drift in the match thread on his first match back with the new action. Seems now he's realizing the way to use that in terms of varying his flight and delivery angle. That and apparently his armer is more of a genuine drifter. Good on him. He's still got a good 3-4 years of service to give. At that point Enam will have chomped at the bits long enough and will come in and be our version of McGilla monster

razzak for awhile was averaging low 20s with the ball in ODIs, he went through a period of a couple of years previous to 2012 where he just lost it completely and i'm pretty sure his average dropped to 28/29 but he's brought it back up into the 27s.

bar those couple of years (maybe 2010/2011 not 100% sure) he's been a great ODI spinner not just for holding up an end but for taking wickets to.

In an article, he was whining about how he doesn't get the appreciation he deserves. Well, he just gave a demonstration on why he really doesn't get the appreciation. SImply because he plays those needless shots when the team just requires strike rotation.